Time Under Tension: Tactical Training by Josh Bryant & Adam benShea

Author:Josh Bryant & Adam benShea [Bryant, Josh]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Back Arms Publications
Published: 2020-05-17T00:00:00+00:00

Ed Brown, courtesy of James Allen

Gas Station Ready—Tactical Hypertrophy

The term tactical athlete is quickly becoming a buzzword in the world of strength and conditioning. A relatively new term in the realm of sports and military training, a tactical athlete is an individual with the requisite ability, strength, and stamina to successfully function on the battlefield. For instance, first responders are professionals who require physical preparation for occupational performance.

Tactical athletes deserve respect because they are some of the greatest athletes on Earth.

Tactical athletes personify the “Gas Station Ready” mentality because they don’t have the luxury of not being ready. If they are not ready, the result is failed missions, lost battles, and casualties.

Operating with those kinds of stakes requires a kind of hypervigilance which some would call paranoia. You stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.

A tactical athlete requires specific tactical vocational skills alongside the necessary physical ability, strength, and conditioning levels. Examples are a structural firefighter rescuing an obese person from a burning building or an infantry soldier on a long-range mission with over 100 pounds of external gear.

Tactical athletes need to be mobile, agile, strong, and explosive, yet they also have to have the base conditioning to repetitively exhibit these qualities under life-threatening fatigue and duress.

Tactical athletes need a solid strength base without sacrificing conditioning.

High levels of strength, a high percentage of muscle mass, and a low percentage of body fat are effective predictors of how well a tactical athlete will perform under the load of their specific vocational requirements. This means that a broad back, jacked arms, and a lean waist don’t just look good in that form-fitting tailored suit you picked up for the banquet following the alumni game of your old high school.

So, yes, muscle hypertrophy goes far beyond being Chippendales ready for the male revue stage (although that will be a by-product, but with a slightly truculent twist). Muscle growth makes the tactical athlete more effective in the field. Additionally, a muscled-up look is one of the best ways to deter someone looking to take your ride, your life, or your lady.

Civilians

Staying Gas Station Ready with tactical training just makes sense. It is the type of protocol that will prepare you for your amateur boxing match at the local veterans’ building, your regional obstacle course race, or your tryout for the master’s rugby league. You will also cultivate a level of physical and mental preparedness that will take you from merely surviving to a place of thriving.

Now, welcome to the Gas Station Ready movement. We are honored to have you on board. Remember this: YOU ARE THE MOVEMENT!

Proudly hashtag #GASSTATIONREADY

To benefit the most from this type of programming, an athlete should be able to meet the following requirements, at a minimum:

> 2.0 x bodyweight squat

> 2.2 x bodyweight deadlift

> 1.2 x bodyweight pull-up

> 1.2 x bodyweight bench press

> 0.8 x bodyweight overhead press

The stronger you are, the more you will benefit from the Gas Station Ready TUT Tactical Hypertrophy program. If limit strength

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